Giant fish bites mermaid performer’s head in front of screaming children, terrifying video shows

NY Post ^

[BenLurkin]

errifying footage captured the moment a massive fish chomped its jaws down on the head of a woman dressed as a mermaid as she performed underwater for children at a Chinese aquarium.

The Russian aquatic artist, identified only as Masha, was swimming in a tank at the Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park in southern China on Tuesday when she swam in the path of the beast, according to The Daily Mail.

The fish bites down on Masha, 22, nearly fitting her whole head in its mouth while children and other spectators yell in horror...

Masha claims her employer forced her back in the water despite being in pain and warned her not to share footage of the attack, but the clip quickly went viral on Douyin – the Chinese-language version of TikTok.

They paid her less than $100 in compensation, she claimed.

[Sirius Lee]

She was working for scale.

[SunkenCiv]

Like a sturgeon, bite for the very first time.

[Carriage Hill]

“Reports did not indicate what kind of fish was involved, however the freshwater aquarium holds native species from the Mekong and Yangtze Rivers, according to The Daily Mail.”

[kiryandil]

Seriously?

[kiryandil]

Apparently, she got hers today.

Her staff didn't tell her that the world is still celebrating Trumpmas.

[Sirius Lee]

Of course the folks in the crowd had a dandy time that cost them less than a fin.

[kawhill]

If I was her I would have just noodled the fish like we used to do with flathead catfish.

[Paul R.]

Luckily, sturgeon have no teeth. But that fish could have broken her neck...

[TheBattman]

true.

[BenLurkin]

How old do you figure that fish is? I’m thinking maybe older than her.

[ABN 505]

Looks like a river Sturgen, I caught one in the Connecticut river once it was over 5 ft long.

[Paul R.]

The chart @ the bottom of this page

http://www.rivermenrodandgunclub.com/sturgeon-weightage-chart.html#:~:text=The%20majority%20of%20white%20sturgeon,injuries%20can%20be%20long%20lasting.

indicates an 8’ sturgeon would be around 45 years old. But the article also claims the North American version can get much larger, and live over 100 years.

[BenLurkin]

Thanks!

[Cold_Red_Steel]

Having Fish for Dinner?

A Fish Having Dinner?

[exPBRrat]

Well she did look like a fish

[GOPJ]

YOU get the commies...

[abb]

Maybe she was trying to find Nemo?

[Rocco DiPippo]

Sometimes you catch the fish. Sometimes the fish catches you. . .

[Robert A Cook PE]

Ouch.
Your humors have a sharp edge .
They should come after the bitter end of the anchor’s tale.

[Sirius Lee]

It’s not like she died or anything - although she did take a dive.